Magnet Program Research Paper

In the second grade, it was the first time I realized that I had the potential to do great things. My teacher, Mrs. Wazidali, saw something that no other teacher saw. She immediately spoke to my parents and informed them that I should be placed into the magnet program because the current curriculum was not challenging enough for me. I was given the choice to either stay or to be placed in the program. I said yes, and that was when my journey started. Ever since then, I have been going through my academic years with demanding classes and my extracurricular activities. Consequently, everyone wonders and asks me, “Judith, how were you able to excel in all your advanced placement classes, be captain of the swimming and water polo team, be the parliamentarian …show more content…
I have been thoroughly blessed throughout my life, and I can’t help but be gracious. Also in the second grade, I entered a program called the National Girls Ministries. In this program, I was taught on what the Lord wants from me, which is to trust Him in all that I do and to praise Him through the trials and tribulations. What no one knows is that I have had my downfalls. But the reason I can keep my head up is due to faith and the trust that I have learned to have from my church and the National Girls Ministries. Even now in college, being the Vice President of the Student Government Association, an Honors College Student, a Millennium Fellow, a Part-Time Lifeguard, and a mentor in the National Girls Ministries, the only reason I am still pushing forward and excelling in all that I do is not because of my own doing. What I believe is important to me and demonstrates the type of person I am. I cannot think of how I could possibly be in all that I am if it weren’t for the strength that I get from my faith. In my times of trouble, I know I can run to the Lord, fall down to my knees, and pray with all my soul, knowing that He hears my cry and will come and rescue